Improvement in tobacco-safes



L. CQBARKER.

TOBACCO-SAFE.

No 192,712. Patented July 3,1877.

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- ATTORNEYJ.

NJETERS, PHOTD LITHQGRAPMER, WASHINGTON, D. c.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFEIOE.

LEWIS o. PARKER, 0F ROBINsON, KANsAs.

IMPROVEMENT m ToBAcco-sAFEs.

Specification forming part of Letters Iatent No. 192,712, dated-July 3,1877; application tiled April 14, 1877 To all whom it may concern Be itknown that 1, LEwrs G. PARKER, of Robinson, in the county Of Brown andState of Kansas, have invented a new and valuable ImprovementinMoisture-Retaining Safe; and

I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had 'to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 Of the drawings is a representation ot'a vertical centralsection of my safe, and Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal sectional view.

- -The nature f' my invention consists in the construction andarrangement of a moistureretaining safe for holding fine-cut tobacco or.

other articles, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. 1

In the annexed drawing, A represents the shell or safe, made of anysuitable dimensions, and provided with a cover, B. On the bottom of thesafe A is placed a flaring rim, 0, the lower edge of which is solderedto the bot tom, and thelupper edge to the sides of the safe, forming achamber, b, at the bottom, aroundthe sides of the safe. In the upperedges of the rim 0 are notches a, for the es cape of the moisture fromthe water contained in the chamber 1).

Within the rim 0, on the bottom of the safe, are placed cross-bars D,upon which the pail G is supported, this pail containing the tobacco orother article for which the safe is intended. 1n the side of the safe A,at the .top of the chamber b, is an inlet-tube, E,

through which the water is admitted into the chamber, and directlyopposite said inlet-tube, in the rim 0, is an opening, 12, which allowsrack D, and pail G, all

the water to pass Within the rim and stand under the bottom of the pailG, the pail being, however, elevated above the water by the cross-barsor rack D.

The evaporation of the water will keep the articles in the pailcontinually moist, and, when necessary, plied to the safe through thetube E, said tube being otherwise closed by stopper d.

In the cover B is made an opening, as at B of suitable size, and insomewhat of a segmental form, and said opening is closed by means of asliding lid, B, pivoted on the under side of the cover in the center,and held' by suitable guides e c. It is also provided with a knob orhandle, by means of which it is easily turned to one side when access isdesired to the pail G. Thus the cover B need not be removed from thesafe except when the pail is to be removed or put in.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. Ina moisture-retaining safe, the combination, with the shell A, of thenotched flaring rim 0, having one or more openings, 2', the cross-barsor rack D; and the elevated pail G, substantially as and for thepurposes herein set forth. a

2-. The combination of the safe A, the cover 'B, with pivoted section Bthe inlet E, rim 0,

constructed substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS O. PARKER.

Witnesses: V WARREN SWIFT, E. 0. BROWN.

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